Acute mercury vapour poisoning in a shipyard worker - A case report

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 294-298

  Hsu, L F ^a   Lee, H S ^b   Chia, S E ^c   Sin Fai Lam, K N ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Ministry of Manpower Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Mercury poisoning; Neuropathy; Occupational; Pneumonitis; Shipyard

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FUME; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MERCURIALISM; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SHIPYARD WORKER;

EID: 0033038774     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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